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5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” 6 For to us a child is born, to…

Recap This is our 7th session of the study through the Lord’s Prayer, or what I like to refer to it as - the Model Prayer. We have learned several things from this study. We have learned that: God is our Father He is good He is powerful We are to worship God We must seek His kingdom Righteousness Peace…

Introduction Twenty five years ago I was a teenager full of bright ideas. My best friend and I were walking around our school’s fall festival. We were going from booth to booth getting SOOO much candy. Somehow, we ended up with a bunch of chem-lights. We snapped a few of them and then we got a bright…

Hebrews 12 Hebrews 12 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out…

1 John 1:5-10 A few weeks each year I take a couple of days and go visit some churches here in Michigan that have Christian Schools, to try to encourage them and give them some pointers. I do this for the curriculum company that my family uses for homeschooling, and the company I used to work for about…

Seek First The Kingdom of God… Matthew 6:33 (NASB95) 33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Isreal was the first word picture of a Kingdom that was to come with our Messiah’s entrance. Ezrah and Nehemiah were one book in the past. Ezrah and Nehemiah…

Introduction Today we get back into our series of The Way, the Truth, and the Life: Following Jesus through the Gospels. We have reached a point in Jesus’ life where he is about a year-and-a-half into what will end up being about a 3-ish year ministry. We have gotten to the point where Jesus is giving…

Morning 15 September 24

Introduction Destructive forces: Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes. Sin is destructive . Murder / Anger last week. Adultery / Sexual sin today. Destroys families, relationships, reputations, ministries. How do we deal with adultery and its source? Jesus’s next teaching on what it looks like…

Introduction Children when they dress up - me as my dad (farmer). A very external appearance. Not going to send a kid in a firefighter’s costume into a blazing apartment complex. In a similar way, the Christian faith is so much more than just what it looks like on the outside. The Christian faith is…

Exodus 20:1-17 Hebrews 13:5 We are finishing up our series with the last of the Ten Commandments today. As we read through all of the ten commandments just earlier, we can see how this may be the perfect cap to the commandments. If we will obey this one commandment, we may be able to keep all the rest…

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care…

The Habit of Solitude Raise your hand if you have a difficult time slowing your mind. Now raise your hand if you didn’t hear what I said because your mind was somewhere else. As amazing of a person as Amy is, this is something that we are both guilty of. In fact, the most common question we ask each…

Scriptures 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin…

Align Yourself A Christian’s Motive To magnify the beauty , goodness , and or greatness of God Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. What you go to do or say represents the Lord Jesus Christ. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the…

Morning 9 june 24

Ephesians 5:8-21 I love a well lit home. When they did the remodel in the kitchen they added some can lights in the ceiling placed throughout. I love to see the kitchen all lit up. I think there is something cozy about a warmly lit, study with a fireplace and warm colors all around. But There is just…

False Worship can be characterized as any forms of worship that are not worthy of God, especially worship offered without sincerity and obedience or that is contrary to the commands of God. Contrary Worship Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense…

Wealth under the sun Ecclesiastes 4 and 5:8-22 BI: Many problems come when you love money, love Jesus and be content and give to Gospel ministry Introduction Well I wonder if you can tell me the artist of these songs. · Money don’t get everything its true but what I don’t get I can’t use, just give me…

Now in looking at Matthew 6:19–34 , we have a very practical portion of Scripture which our Lord outlines for us. He gives principles to eliminate the love of money, principles to remove our affection from moving in that direction. There are four of them. Let me suggest them to you at the outset and…

The offer of peace Jesus is the Prince of peace ( Isa9:6 ) who left His peace ( Jn14:27 ) Jesus the peacemaker makes the way of peace with God ( Jn14:6 ; Rom5:1 ) Jesus the peacemaker makes the way of peace with mankind ( Rom12:18 ) (Transition) Jesus the peacemaker, makes way for man to have “peace…

Morning 17 March 24

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our…

1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.…

Good morning! If you have a Bible pease open it to Matthew 7 . We are continuing our study of the Gospel according to Matthew and …today ….we find ourselves nearing the end of the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest preacher who ever lived. In the Sermon on the Mount…….Jesus has called us to…